MLG’s Ender’s Game on Blu-ray Tournament Perfectly Timed

 
MLG recently announced a $20,000 StarCraft 2 tournament for North American players sponsored by the blu-ray [1] release of the 2013 Hollywood film Ender’s Game, an adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s popular science fiction novel of the same name.

The film features a protagonist who fights against overwhelming odds to save earth from an alien race known as the “buggers.” The tournament’s announcement comes at an especially relevant timing given the current state of Terran despair and the race’s near-extinction in Korea’s GSL.

Note: Spoiler above.

“Humans vs buggers in Ender’s Game really seems like TvZ,” said Reddit user [MLGnoscope] who had seen the movie. According to reports, the fan actually purchased a physical ticket and attended the film in person instead of acquiring it illegally online like everyone else.

MLG also reported that Ender’s Game swept all award categories at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, which translated into an unprecedented organic CPM award growth rate of infinity percent (∞ %). The festival was held in MLG CEO Sundance Giovanni’s posh New York City 4 bedroom 2 bath upper west side apartment with nearly all of MLG’s staff in attendance.

“We hope that all fans help support the tournament,” said an MLG representative. “Please turn off ad-block, buy a Blu-ray player, and then buy the Ender’s Game blu-ray disc.”

“This movie should really resonate with the StarCraft community,” said MLG Vice President and frequent gym participant Adam Apicella. “Ender’s Game has Terrans fighting Zerg, but most importantly it has no Protoss at all.”

[1] “Blu-ray” is a storage format where the user must possess a physical copy of the media on a plastic 120mm by 1.2mm disc, similar to the now obsolete DVD and CD formats once popular before broadband internet. The user must also possess a “Blu-ray player” which can read and display the disc to a television.